Election 2024 Constituency Profiles | The Irish Times

ELECTION 2024

Constituency Profiles

A race for the magic number across 43 constituencies to rule the largest Dáil in history

A race for the magic number across 43 constituencies to rule the largest Dáil in history

The number of seats has risen from 160 to 174, and the only certainty is that there will be plenty of skirmishes and subplots in the electoral battle

By Jennifer Bray

CONSTITUENCIES

Carlow-Kilkenny constituency profile: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil face scrap to determine who comes out on top

Cavan-Monaghan constituency profile: Loss of Heather Humphreys a major blow to Fine Gael with question mark over Fianna Fáil prospects

Clare constituency profile: Battle between two Fianna Fáil candidates may be about to play out again

Cork East constituency profile: Sinn Féin fancy their chances as Labour lose retiring vote-getter

Cork North-Central constituency profile: Housing could impact outcome of this new five-seater

Cork North-West constituency profile: Is two a crowd for Fine Gael in this three-seater?

Cork South-Central constituency profile: Battle for fifth seat is wide open

Cork South-West constituency profile: Holly Cairns faces scrap for her seat

Donegal constituency profile: Disaster zone for Fine Gael amid huge impact of defective blocks issue

Dublin Bay North constituency profile: Element of randomness as Haughey, Bruton and Ó Ríordáin votes will scatter

Dublin Bay South constituency profile: Ryan departure will ease pressure on Bacik and O’Callaghan

Dublin Central constituency profile: Clare Daly’s entry into the race will squeeze all candidates on the left

Dublin Fingal East constituency profile: Three incumbents will prove hard to shift in new three-seater

Dublin Fingal West constituency profile: Louise O’Reilly should retain seat for Sinn Féin as Labour in with good chance

Dublin Mid-West constituency profile: Bellwether will show if voters are moving to anti-immigrant candidates

Dublin North West constituency profile: Dessie Ellis vote may drop but it’s hard to see seat in danger

Dublin Rathdown constituency profile: Greens will be depending on retaining a seat here

Dublin South Central constituency profile: Sinn Féin’s reversal of fortunes has put paid to a second seat for them

Dublin South West constituency profile: Green Party seat looks most vulnerable in this left-leaning five-seater

Dublin West constituency profile: Fine Gael Senator has decent chance of picking up Varadkar seat

Dún Laoghaire constituency profile: If there is a change, the Greens could lose out

Galway East constituency profile: This is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing constituencies of the 43

Galway West constituency profile: Can Gráinne Seoige inherit vote from retiring poll-topper Éamon Ó Cuív?

Kerry constituency profile: You can be guaranteed the Healy-Raes will be re-elected

Kildare North constituency profile: Transfers between Coalition parties could see one of them return second TD

Kildare South constituency profile: Fianna Fáil senator may benefit from Sinn Féin in-fighting

Laois constituency profile: All eyes on Sinn Féin and their former party colleague Brian Stanley

Limerick City constituency profile: Biggest issue is concern over services at University Hospital Limerick

Limerick County constituency profile: Difficult to see any result other than the return of three incumbents

Longford-Westmeath constituency profile: Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran in contention to retake seat after phenomenal vote in June

Louth constituency profile: Sinn Féin may get two seats in five-seater with only one Government TD and three retirees

Mayo constituency profile: Addition of extra seat may help Rose Conway-Walsh retain Sinn Féin seat

Meath East constituency profile: Sharon Tolan faces a fight to claim second Fine Gael seat

Meath West constituency profile: Only one seat is really callable in this hotly contested three-seater

Offaly constituency profile: Even without a Cowen in the race, it would be big upset if Fianna Fáil lost out

Roscommon-Galway constituency profile: Battle for the final two seats between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin

Sligo-Leitrim constituency profile: A good weathervane of how impactful Independent Ireland will be in 2024 election

Tipperary North constituency profile: Michael Lowry will probably top the poll for the seventh election in a row

Tipperary South constituency profile: Final seat likely to be battle between Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin

Waterford constituency profile: Fine Gael will be gunning to retake a seat here

Wexford constituency profile: The closer you look, the more competitive and hard to predict this constituency becomes

Wicklow constituency profile: One of the bear pits of Election 2024 after loss of territory to neighbouring area

Wicklow-Wexford constituency profile: Creation of new constituency welcomed in its two major towns

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